It is an amiable part of human nature, that we should love our animals; it is even better to love them to the point of folly, than not to love them at all.

I'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life.

Into the dark night Resignedly I go, I am not so afraid of the dark night As the friends I do not know, I do not fear the night above As I fear the friends below.

one never knows really how things are with other people, they just do always seem more spirited than oneself somehow.

Unpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable.

Colours are what drive me most strongly.

If a lady comes up to you and tells you that your dear mama is lying in a faint on the pavement round the corner, don't you believe her, don't have anything to do with her, do not go with her into the cab. It is the White Slave Traffic.